Bug#259932: debianutils: run-parts creates new process groups with each part.

[Romain Francoise]

The following patch makes the setsid() call optional, controlled by
the --new-session option.

--- a/run-parts.8
+++ b/run-parts.8
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 .B \-\-lsbsysinit
 use LSB namespaces instead of classical behavior.
 .TP
+.B \-\-new\-session
+run each script in a separate process session.  If you use this option,
+killing run-parts will not kill the currently running script, it will
+run until completion.
+.TP
 .BI \-\-regex= RE
 validate filenames against custom extended regular expression
 .IR RE .
--- a/run-parts.c
+++ b/run-parts.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 int exitstatus = 0;
 int regex_mode = 0;
 int exit_on_error_mode = 0;
+int new_session_mode = 0;
 
 int argcount = 0, argsize = 0;
 char **args = 0;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
          "      --exit-on-error exit as soon as a script returns with a 
non-zero exit\n"
          "                      code.\n"
          "      --lsbsysinit    validate filenames based on LSB sysinit 
specs.\n"
+         "      --new-session   run each script in a separate process 
session\n"
          "      --regex=PATTERN validate filenames based on POSIX ERE pattern 
PATTERN.\n"
          "  -u, --umask=UMASK   sets umask to UMASK (octal), default is 022.\n"
          "  -a, --arg=ARGUMENT  pass ARGUMENT to scripts, use once for each 
argument.\n"
@@ -184,7 +186,8 @@
     exit(1);
   }
   else if (!pid) {
-    setsid();
+    if (new_session_mode)
+      setsid();
     if (report_mode) {
       if (dup2(pout[1], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1 ||
          dup2(perr[1], STDERR_FILENO) == -1) {
@@ -410,6 +413,7 @@
       {"lsbsysinit", 0, &regex_mode, RUNPARTS_LSBSYSINIT},
       {"regex", 1, &regex_mode, RUNPARTS_ERE},
       {"exit-on-error", 0, &exit_on_error_mode, 1},
+      {"new-session", 0, &new_session_mode, 1},
       {0, 0, 0, 0}
     };
 
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